Refine Web Security Policies

Web Security Help | Web Security Solutions | Version 7.8.x

At its simplest, Internet access enforcement requires a single policy that applies one category filter and one protocol filter 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Websense Web Security solutions offer tools, however, for going far beyond this basic safety net, to achieve precisely the level of granularity you need to manage Internet usage. You can:

Create limited access filters to block access to all but a specified list of sites for certain users (see Restricting users to a defined list of URLs).

Create custom categories to redefine how selected sites are treated (see Working with categories).

Recategorize URLs to move specific sites from their default, Master Database category to another Websense-defined or custom category (see Reclassifying specific URLs).

Implement bandwidth restrictions, blocking users from accessing otherwise permitted categories and protocols when bandwidth usage reaches a specified threshold (see Using Bandwidth Optimizer to manage bandwidth).

In Websense Web Security Gateway Anywhere environments, bandwidth-based restrictions are not enforced for requests managed by the hybrid service.

Define keywords used to block sites in otherwise permitted categories when keyword blocking is enabled and activated (see Keyword-based policy enforcement).

Define file types used to block the download of selected types of files from otherwise permitted categories when file type blocking is activated (see Managing traffic based on file type).